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Latrodectus variolus Walckenaer, 1837

female dorsal view

female lateral view

female ventral view

Old names and synonyms

Latrodectus curacaviensis

Distribution

USA, Canada

Establishment status in New Zealand

Not established

Links to:

- taxonomic page;
- image gallery (female/male unavailable).

References

Kaston BJ 1970. Comparative biology of American black widow spiders. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 16: 33-82.

McCrone JD, Levi HW 1964. North American widow spiders of the Latrodectus curacviensis group (Araneae: Theridiidae). psyche 71: 12-27.

Platnick NI 2013. The world spider catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html DOI: 10.5531/db.iz.0001.

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